Ozaukee/Washington

Man charged in heroin overdose death

A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was charged Monday with first-degree reckless homicide on accusations he sold heroin to a 24-year-old Grafton man who overdosed.

A friend had last seen Riley Knapp late in the afternoon on Jan. 2 and went to check on him on the morning of Jan. 3. He found Knapp dead in the basement of his Grafton home. Investigators determined he died from an overdose and went through the text messages on his cellphone, which showed he had purchased heroin from a drug dealer.

Undercover officers were able to arrange a meeting with the person they suspected had sold the heroin to Knapp, Joshua J. Gray of Milwaukee.

Officers arrested Gray, who they say admitted he had sold $150 worth of heroin to Knapp between Dec. 31 and Jan. 3.

Gray faces up to 40 years in prison and $100,000 in fines if convicted. He's being held in the Ozaukee County Jail on $75,000 bail.

Gray has previously been convicted twice of possessing cocaine, resisting or obstructing an officer and possession of marijuana.